Malcolm straight up turned up to the place of work he got fired from, ruined his successor’s career, got his old job back, got the prime minister to call a snap election and stopped a senior minister from quitting in four minutes all whilst dressed like he was going for a pleasant walk around Hampstead Heath

@PickleSurpriseVEVO

3 жыл бұрын

Think that’s more where Julius is going not Malcolm 😉

@jimherbert007

3 жыл бұрын

and plunged the party into opposition until Daniel Radcliffe is advertising stand up baths in The People’s Friend

@deathtoll5000x

3 жыл бұрын

George Costanza ain't got shit on Malcom.

@anonUK

3 жыл бұрын

That's politics!

@jimherbert007

3 жыл бұрын

it’s very cosy. 40 tog

"Life is just a succession of 5 minuteses" is a really great quote

@olliegardner4901

3 жыл бұрын

It's not technically wrong either.

@leahcimolrac1477

3 жыл бұрын

If you’ve ever worked at a job where you’re stuck watching the clock, it hits the nail on the head

@ynwajft9612

2 жыл бұрын

I knew him from the thin blue line :)

@TheWPhilosopher

Жыл бұрын

Very Time Lordy too lol.

@rishabhaniket1952

Жыл бұрын

Can’t beat ‘take you down to fffffunky town’

That first “choo” at 1:09 is a thing of beauty.

@class158productions5

3 жыл бұрын

stēllātus lupus canis the sounds of a broken Lego policeman

@blueluny

3 жыл бұрын

It's now my ring tone

@guilhermegoncalves110

3 жыл бұрын

Reminded me of one of the inspector Grim's tantrums.

They're always looking for cleaners at the Foreign Office 😂😂

Props to David Haig, who has been in hundreds of movies, plays and TV shows, is great in everything he does, is recognised by millions, his name largely unknown.

@SMAXZO

3 жыл бұрын

I always know him as Inspector Derek Grim. "It's my ass on the line...and I don't want a cockup!"

@TheWPhilosopher

2 жыл бұрын

@@SMAXZO "no I'd imagine you wouldn't " 🤣

@ben6993

Жыл бұрын

@@SMAXZO No more fannying about! 😂

@fluorosco

Жыл бұрын

@@SMAXZO That's brilliant. I'm searching for that chooday

@alyzu4755

Жыл бұрын

He's one of my favorites. As is Peter Capaldi.

This is probably my favourite scene, aside from the car rant. Malcolm getting his revenge really sums up his character

@LabradorIndependent

3 жыл бұрын

There's something I find oddly cathartic about Malcolm getting back in his suit. It's all so subtle but he goes from a guest in Steve's office to running the show in about 5 minutes. Honestly one of my favourite sequences in the entire show.

@kharadron3561

3 жыл бұрын

@@LabradorIndependent absolutely agree!

@danielpurdy9328

3 жыл бұрын

@@LabradorIndependent Just remember that life is just the succession of 5 minutes'

@dipper0yawn

3 жыл бұрын

The Thick Of It is just a succession of favourite scenes.

@timwhale9434

10 ай бұрын

I also so enjoyed the scene where Glenn went into meltdown; "F**k Tinky Winky!"

"They're always looking for cleaners there" lmao

Fair play to Rebecca front. She has to react to all capaldis acting and she does it so well

@Apollostowel

3 жыл бұрын

Will forever be why The Zygon Invasion is my favorite moment in DW. “It’s not paranoia if it’s real.” and “Yes, we know who you are.”

"He's off to Brazil to spend the rest of his day as the world's scariest dentist".. "Choooo Chew! I'm not biting"

Fire up the mid-range saloons.

the "bye bye" from Malcom at 1:29 is brilliant

We are going to take you down. WE ARE GOING TO TAKE YOU DOWN TO FUNKY-TOWN

@TheNikoBellic2008

3 жыл бұрын

CHOO, FUCKING CHOO!

@richardtaylor1652

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheNikoBellic2008 Is this what you're threatening me with; fucking disco lights and a choo-choo train?!

David Haig is so good at being immediately loathsome.

@jordank1489

2 жыл бұрын

Obsessive repulsive disorder

@PurushaDesa

2 жыл бұрын

@@jordank1489 Unforgettable line that one.

@matthewchurchyard8552

Жыл бұрын

Like a Lego policeman

@alyzu4755

Жыл бұрын

While, by all accounts, being an absolutely lovely person in real life. ☺️

They are always looking for cleaners there 😂😂😂

"yeah if buddha was on the cover of GQ magazine" has to be my favourite line from this show.

"the world's scariest dentist"

@Andres0082

Жыл бұрын

Also known as *The Eyebrows*

obsesed with Malcome saying being nice at 2:20

@LeeBezaro

3 жыл бұрын

He's always so kind to Sam

The thing I find funny here is that Nicola must have known Malcolm was going to screw her over considering she watched Malcolm get fired in the first place and refused to even acknowledge she was there. She played with fire and got burnt lol

@Cheesusful

6 ай бұрын

And when he says "stay" it's basically "don't make me do this" I'm gunna make you do this" "okay."

The only time Steve Fleming swears in the entire show. Malcolm, the prince of darkness!

@thetributingstrober552

3 жыл бұрын

He also swears when he tries the New Era Speech, "will you PLEASE FUCKING well"

@georgeohunt2263

Жыл бұрын

@@thetributingstrober552 the funniest moment in the show for my money

@matthewchurchyard8552

Жыл бұрын

So Prepare to *stay* in government - pack an overnight bag 😂😂

Can watch this series over and over again and it's still hilarious. Classic comedy. 😂😂😂

David Haig and Peter Capaldi are simply brilliant. So hateable, yet so real.

“Life is just a series of five minuteses” - M. Tucker

Malcolm Tucker is an evil genius 😂

Notice through the whole series Malcolm is always polite to his secretary Sam ?never swears at her never abusive like in this scene when she hands over his suit he thanks her

@robertkingston6164

9 ай бұрын

Such a great minor detail. He obviously isn't a rage-filled tyrant when dealing with normal people outside the political bubble.

@zoe-janesutherland4359

9 ай бұрын

I'd forgotten all about that, the same goes with Jamie, even when reaming out politicians and their advisors, is polite to "ordinary people", it's such a shocking contrast and something you never expect.

@gohumberto

7 ай бұрын

Tucker saves his rage for the Politicos, because he despises them. He's consistently nice to Joe Public. Dominic Cummings was modelled on Tucker I think. What's that? Dominic Cummings was a real person? Sweet Jesus.

@Alex-wh8xr

7 ай бұрын

That behavior actually reminds me of Gordon Ramsey. Screaming at chefs and then some other woman arrives, and its 'alright m'darling?'

@frasierfreak92

6 ай бұрын

He’s polite to all the normal people. The cleaner, the nurse when he visits Olly, Sam, the Metric Martyrs woman, the police officers when he tried to get arrested, the BBC producer when he’s been sacked etc. He saves his rage for the self serving pricks he has to spin for.

This is comedy gold... 😂😂😂

0:59 this could be him as Inspector Grim in Thin Blue Line.

Malcolm really set fire to tears!

The time when the Doctor, Neil's dad and Detective Inspector Derek Grim converged

@jamesvanitas

2 жыл бұрын

Neil’s dad is also the Master.

@shanaellis4553

2 жыл бұрын

@@jamesvanitas The guy makes the bhaji go away! Alex MacQueen is a legend.

@jamesvanitas

2 жыл бұрын

@@shanaellis4553 I’ve looked at his activity. He’s got quite a repertoire

@shanaellis4553

2 жыл бұрын

@@jamesvanitas Unhand me Priest!

@jamesvanitas

2 жыл бұрын

@@shanaellis4553 Where is that quote from?

I'm really shocked they let the cameras in. This reflects very poorly on the government.

@cormacmacsuibhne2867

Жыл бұрын

Ever heard of observational cinema? That's the camera technique used in this show. The audience know this show is filmed by people holding cameras but the characters just ignore it like all TV characters. This isn't a mockumentary like The Office or Modern Family (although let's be honest, those guys ignore the cameras most of the time anyway despite the situation).

The speed malcolm gets up from the desk.

Tucker just couldn't let Fleming leave quietly! He was like Alan Wells out of the door to give him a send off.

3 am laughing 😂 hope mum doesn’t hear

“Gotta make a move to a town that's right for me”

Oh so you're Buddha now, are you? - Yea, if Buddha would be on the cover of a GQ magazine 💅🏻

My favorite scene

I was half-expecting Malcolm to address Steve as "Steviepoos" as a sort of fake term of endearment (a term of endangerment). :)

Funky town center choo choo 🚉 😂😂😂❤❤❤

"Fire up the mid-range saloons!"

@alfie3337

Жыл бұрын

Pimp the ministerial rides!

One of the greatest things ever produced. Ever.

@dan_hitchman007

8 ай бұрын

"Veep" from the same creator as "The Thick of It" is great too.

SSSSSSSSSTEVE

1:40 "that's a complete disaster. there'll be nothing else on television for weeks"... Well, here we are, general election.

We are going to take you down to funky town!

Leafletting in Neasden yeah!

"World's shittest Dad mug" crying

1:09

Life is just a succession of 5 minutes's

Steve is a scary character.

12th Doctor vs Pangol Points for everyone who gets the reference.

Strong language indeed. The f-word, the bad f-word, worse than “fannying.” You know the one I mean. (apologies to Inspector Grim and Mrs. Doyle)

@matthewjaco847

3 жыл бұрын

Arse biscuits!

@sfoster.23

3 жыл бұрын

“Inspector Grim come on doooown!!!!”

@TheWPhilosopher

2 жыл бұрын

Effing this effing that, wall to wall with the feck....yes thank you Mrs Doyle

Is Steve really Nigel Mansell?

@TheWPhilosopher

2 жыл бұрын

No but his cousin Inspector Grim is a close relation.

Very satisfying knowing the shit Steve Fleming pulled the episode before!

To think I never heard of this!! Really heady stuff. I bet it happens like this all the time in politics.

@dotsgrey

3 жыл бұрын

Apparently a minister told the writer (Armando Ianucci) that he couldn't bare to watch it because it was "just too real"....!

@mckavitt13

3 жыл бұрын

@@dotsgrey I believe it. I couldn't bear it either if I were him.

I’m gonna put in a word for you about the foreign office job… they’re always looking for cleaners there.

Why would Dan Miller take in Steve? He comes across as incompetent and frankly wildly unhinged.

@TheWPhilosopher

2 жыл бұрын

He is but then so is Malcolm to a certain extent and have you met Cal Richards? Point is they are good or usually excellent at spin/controlling the story. So yes Dan would rather have him in his tent than out.

@tempestfennac9687

Жыл бұрын

Presumably the situation was similar to how it was in season 4 when Nicola ended up resigning; anyone who's willing to de-stabilise the leader would have been welcome even if they are obnoxious and think saying someone's face is gaunt is a compliment. Not sure why Dan would particularly want to launch a leadership bid at that point being as an election would have needed to be called within a few months and he'd been in a prominent Cabinet role since Spinners and Losers (it seems unlikely that him replacing Tom would have come across as anything other than obnoxious given the apparent state of the economy at the time too).

@GenericUserNameHere

Жыл бұрын

Because to be a spin master you have to be. Nobody would call Malcolm or Cal Richards particularly well balanced in their sanity.

@gluck5869

Жыл бұрын

Steve certainly wasn't intended to be perceived as incompetent. Unhinged, most definitely, but so is virtually everyone we meet in this line of work - compared to Jamie or the Fucker Malcolm is actually level headed.

As reality transcends fiction and the UK plunges into insignificance as a global player... this glimpse of a time when we felt important enough to parody our government is almost touching. Text book example of pathos.

@Tidalx

Жыл бұрын

gay

@charlesnelson5187

Жыл бұрын

@@Tidalx I'm very sorry to hear that. Being gay isn't easy. Good luck mate!

@farzanamughal5933

Жыл бұрын

@@charlesnelson5187 I thought your comment was pretty interesting

@acksawblack

6 ай бұрын

Your logic is inherently flawed, the UK is no less significant today than at that time. The UK lost its real significance in the 50's with the end of ww2 and the collapse of empire. Still holds the same importance today as a nuclear power and economic trade centre as it did in the 00's I think you are upset today over something that happened 80 years ago.

@bigusdicus7890

6 ай бұрын

@@acksawblack It's a laughing stock the world over mate. 3 PM's in year shows we have little staying power in government. 7 Foreign Ministers in 7 years also means that our diplomatic efforts are screwed

Oh god , i'd forgotten about funky town

Great - does it remind anyone of the current craziness - Cummings etc

@jamiecochrane4948

3 жыл бұрын

Nah. Tucker actually knows what he's doing

@olivercuenca4109

3 жыл бұрын

Cummings thinks he’s Malcolm but he’s so definitely Steven.

@olivercuenca4109

3 жыл бұрын

Cummings thinks he’s Malcolm but he’s so definitely Steven.

Art imitating life Liz Truss is a real life Nicola Murray

@MSimp2k6

3 күн бұрын

I think Nicola had a million more percent in the self-awareness column -- she knew she was rubbish at the job and just sort of plodded on with it. Liz Truss seems to think she was great and was forced out by the mandarins.

I’m off leafleting in Neasden

Doctor Who VS Inspector Grimm. Why haven't I seen this before?

@AlgoEX997

3 жыл бұрын

*Inspector Grimm

@charliedring4092

3 жыл бұрын

Grimm, not Rowan Atkinson

@romainsavioz5466

3 жыл бұрын

Don't we hate all that fanning about

@baileyrob

3 жыл бұрын

The Doctor: "I've come back to the 1990s to save Gasforth from a Dalek invasi----" Inspector Grimm: "Oh, give it a rest you bloody hoity stick-it-up-your-toity high-and-mighty namby-pamby dib-dib-dob sun-dried-tomato-eating lah-di-dah-di LAH-DI-DAH!! I will NOT have you FANNYING ABOUT in Gasforth, with your TARDIS and your INTERGALACTIC TAMPON DISPENSER! It is my arse, and I will not have you STICKING your nose in and SNIFFING ABOUT!!!"

This is such a weird clip from Doctor Who.

@b3ans4eva

3 жыл бұрын

I thought it was from The Thin Blue Line.

@easportsaxb8057

3 жыл бұрын

@@b3ans4eva r/wooooosh

@easportsaxb8057

3 жыл бұрын

@Ralof Of Riverwood ok

choo

@dtfootball14

Жыл бұрын

Fucking choo

I like to pretend that P Cap is playing the doctor in this show

And that's the end of S TEVE

Steve Fleming = Dominic Cummings

@TheWPhilosopher

2 жыл бұрын

Well actually allegedly the basis is as follows: Tucker is Campbell, Pearson is Hilton and Fleming here is Mandelson. Nicholson is Lord Adonis. PM is GB. Dan Miller (DM) is David Miliband. Of course very very loosely based.

@georgeohunt2263

Жыл бұрын

@@TheWPhilosopher David Miliband was quite a scruffy man

@TheWPhilosopher

Жыл бұрын

@@georgeohunt2263 was he really though?

Hoity Toity Lardy Dardy. Needs to kiss a chicken nugget.

@TheWPhilosopher

2 жыл бұрын

Inspector Grim always felt inferior to his in laws the Fleming's especially Steve.

HE. LOOKS . EXACTLY . THE . SAME

Shitting Henry

How would this show work in the current era of zero accountability?

@NateSean

2 жыл бұрын

Has the UK ever been in that scenario?

@TheWPhilosopher

2 жыл бұрын

@@NateSean which one? Choo trains or zero accountability? Cos right now the Thick of It is actually more sane than the UK govt and that's saying something.

steve fleming is what english people are actually like

@anonUK

3 жыл бұрын

"Choo f***ing choo!" Him or Julius Nicholson.

@joeloates1685

2 жыл бұрын

I suppose all Scots are like Malcolm and Jamie then?

@anonUK

2 жыл бұрын

@@joeloates1685 No, just all those round Glasgow. Which is half of them.

@joeloates1685

2 жыл бұрын

@@anonUK Sounds about right

@rjs5389

10 ай бұрын

Angry, bitter, impotent, and indeed amusing as england fades into the tier of a fourth-rate power ... Ironic ...

I love that Malcolm got what was coming to him in the end

@jamesbarnardo

3 жыл бұрын

I think you might have missed the point of the character

@harryturner8701

3 жыл бұрын

@@jamesbarnardo probably What’s your interpretation

@gluck5869

Жыл бұрын

​@@jamesbarnardo Not necessarily. Malcolm is a symptom of the toxic environment he gestated in but by the end he'd abandoned any pretense of moral decency. He had to go. Watching him fall was bittersweet but in a way satisfying.

I didn't Inspector Grim was in this show.

Unfortunately, people like this are indeed running our green a pleasant land.

@mckavitt13

3 жыл бұрын

J Bix I believe it!

@ArtemisScribe

3 жыл бұрын

No, this was the New Labour days. Unfortunately while the people currently running our country are as bastardous they are nowhere near as competent. (Honestly they never were as competent as Tucker was, you're only this much of a magnificent bastard in fiction)

@Ch1pp007

3 жыл бұрын

@@ArtemisScribe Wasn't tucker based on Alistair Campbell though?

@ArtemisScribe

3 жыл бұрын

@@Ch1pp007 Campbell was part of New Labour. So of course elements will be there. However Tucker was actually based on a few Hollywood agents and PR types that Capaldi had encountered over his career. Of course Campbell was very eager to perpetuate the rumour that Tucker was based on him because, well, who wouldn't want to take credit for character that cool?

@kitpalmer1583

3 жыл бұрын

@@ArtemisScribe he was suddenly less keen about inspiring Tucker when In the Loop came out 😂

I’m confused. How did he get his revenge?

@CommissarKane

3 жыл бұрын

Both him and Steve were under investigation for a screw up in the numbers at Dosac. He then leaked a rumor steve was going to get destroyed in the report which caused Steve to go running to bald guy with glasses to confirm or deny the rumors while Malcolm has a reporter hiding in the bushes taking photoes so it looked like Steve was leaning on the bald guy with glasses to influence the report in his favour in the media. So in the end had to get the sack or look like he did influence the report.

@tempestfennac9687

Жыл бұрын

@@CommissarKane Julius claiming he had to come down on Steve like a ton of bricks to preserve his own reputation for fairness amused me (in his defense he did at least refuse to give Steve any information, but he had told Malcolm that the objective was to clear both him and Steve of any wrongdoing so it would have been a white-wash despite any issues the 2 of them caused, which admittedly seemed limited to Steve being unclear when telling Ollie and Glen to print crime stats).

Malcolm Tucker for PM. Make Britain great again.

ELECTION TIME 🎉🎉🎉

News latest pm rishi sunak has fallen over and joined the opposition

It's Grim's backside on the line and he's up to his neck in it. The overacting, forced drama and "fly on the wall" camera work. I know this is supposed to be a dramatization but nobody is this dramatic irl. Maybe I'm wrong

@tjfSIM

3 жыл бұрын

The Truth I know, it’s a bit OTT really - I could never get into this series, it always seemed to be trying too hard to be edgy.

@TheTruthKiwi

3 жыл бұрын

@@tjfSIM Nailed it on the head there my friend

@Alpine_Joe

3 жыл бұрын

@@tjfSIM Yet here you are watching clips ...

@TheWPhilosopher

2 жыл бұрын

That's the joke. Until UK govt plc ruined it by out thicking the Thick of it. Literally. I'm sure Ianucci is on record as saying one of the reasons he can't make a comeback is how can you satire a govt that is already an object of satire? You'd have to make it even more ridiculous than this which as you've pointed out is pretty much on the line as it is.

@georgeohunt2263

Жыл бұрын

@@tjfSIM you think TTOI is trying to be edgy haha? That's just about the opposite of what my perception is that it's trying to be

What is this? And why do all actors think that improvising requires F bombs and different forms of the word “sh@t”. Do you think people really swear that much LOL.

@thomasgodfrey2998

3 жыл бұрын

Yes. In government, every 5th word is a swear word. That’s why it’s so realistic

@ktcrvdpoak

3 жыл бұрын

As someone who worked in retail, and now in a warehouse, I can assure you, people swear a lot more than this in everyday conversation!

It's such a shame when they think they have to rely on bad language. Such a turn off.

@richardtuxford1812

3 жыл бұрын

Oh Joy, this series is wasted on you I'm afraid 😅

@rich00cap

3 жыл бұрын

It's called realism. If you don't like it watch some repeats of Terry and June.

@madisongeronimo6859

3 жыл бұрын

oh piss off karen

@AidanMillward

3 жыл бұрын

Real politicians said it wasn’t realistic because they weren’t swearing ENOUGH.

@Samuel-yf6pl

3 жыл бұрын

I think you'll find they actually rely on razor-sharp writing and genius characterisation

Once again the Brits think foul language is soooo funny..when really it's sooo tedious.

@gREeNodDmOnKE

3 жыл бұрын

This is how we talk. The swearing isn't funny, it's what he's saying and how he's saying it

@jimherleva4541

2 жыл бұрын

If you had added a swear word, your comment would have been funny, instead of fucking tedious.

@jamsstar2010

2 жыл бұрын

1/3 of my fucking language is swearing

@TheWPhilosopher

2 жыл бұрын

Once again some non Brits think foul language is something squeamish, when really it's part of an evolved wordplay. Shakespeare himself coined several novel curses and insults and sometimes a heartfelt fuck is the only fucking word that will do the bloody job properly. It's the non swearers I worry about. What kinda shit are they bottling up? Start banning words it's a slippery slope to burning books and the thought police. The freedom to swear enables the freedom not to swear. In the context of this show it's actually correct (many insiders of the culture it's parodying alleged it was too tame) and bloody funny. Besides it wasn't all eff bombs across the whole episodes. This is just the highlights. Don't take life so seriously it's shit enough as it is and you ain't getting out a fucking live and once you are dead the odd bollocks ain't going to be pissing you off any more. I would leave you with some of Shakespeare's finest, but trust me, whilst not as blunt as the above liberally littered litany of louche words they are actually far worse in many aspects and definitely cut to the quick with much more of a venomous sting. So that's another classic you would abhor!

@nicksnowbuildings

Жыл бұрын

once again a non brit fails to understand our humour